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bottomless pit—was to arise to make open,

avowed war upon the word of God.

“The great city” in whose streets the

witnesses are slain, and where their dead

bodies lie, is “spiritually” Egypt. Of all nations

presented in Bible history, Egypt most boldly

denied the existence of the living God and

resisted His commands. No monarch ever

ventured upon more open and highhanded

rebellion against the authority of Heaven

than did the king of Egypt. When the message

was brought him by Moses, in the name of

the Lord, Pharaoh proudly answered: “Who is

Jehovah, that I should hearken unto His voice

to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and

moreover I will not let Israel go.” Exodus 5:2,

A.R.V. This is atheism, and the nation

represented by Egypt would give voice to a

similar denial of the claims of the living God